Dear Darsh,
Brace yourself because this is a long one…
Your nani was pretty mystified when she saw you crying
today. After much cajoling you told me on the phone that the reason you were
crying was because you broke a fridge magnet and because you do not want to go
to Angad’s birthday.
Till date your attitude towards broken thing is that ‘it’s
okay, we would get another one!’ Broken things do not cause a calamity in our
house as much as a lost hand or the missing toilet roll of your lego people. So
I guess you were majorly upset because of Angad. I am quite sure you will not
be friends with Angad ever and here’s why: You both have hated each other at
first sight and even though the moms get along pretty okay, there has always been
a lot of friction tempered with jealousy between you two. You pretended to be
excited about going to the party last evening and even today morning when I said
bye to you but I guess you must have reflected over it during the day and you
must have decided that you hate him after all. I am sure you will make lots of friends
and enemies along your way but I am happy that you have finally decided to be
honest about your feelings to me and to yourself.
Summer holidays are becoming unbearable for you I guess
because you have been watsapping like crazy to your aunts, uncles, multiples
grand parents and your dadi. You are luring the oldies with food and movies and
you tempted your Simmi mosi with a pair of red stilettos. She came of course.
She has been mollycoddling you like a baby and you are
thoroughly enjoying every bit of it. She litereally does everything for you and
everytime she asks you who is your favorite mosi you tell her it is neha mosi!
The superhero drawing have gone beyond me as now you draw
all of them together and then ask me to identify them. Most of the time they
look like ants crawling on a paper so then you patiently point out each by his
and her name and then expect me to remember it for next time. And if that is
not enough to torture, you are also
planning to recite a superhero story in school as part of your summer assignment
even though it clearly says it has to be story from a “book” and not an
imagined war scene!
Btw did i tell you that you drew/inserted an ironman in the 3 bears and
Goldilocks story?
We went to Hon Kong in May for a week again this year. You
bought more than a sozen lego superheros and villains and I really thought we
were done for now but you have already started your new shopping list on
amazon.
You have started reading on your own these days but we
always end up arguing when I try to correct you. You still hold the pencil awkwardly
but atleast now I know you prefer to use your right hand.
We spoke on phone yesterday and because I was in office I did
not say those 3 words so you kept waiting for me to say it and when I didn’t
you started it this time. You said mama I love you and then waited for my I love
you too my baby. Really, I think I can do with some raised eyebrows in my
office these days J
